Nilsson, Birgit - Signed Program Debut Metropolitan 1959 [FILM] Theatre de la Monnaie

Theatre de la Monnaie

Clip from a program of a performance of Cyrano by Damrosch at the Metropolitan Opera

note was broken into pieces and rebuilt/glued on top of paper

famous for his career and having created the role of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835

shown in curtain call after a performance of Tosca

Nilsson, Birgit - Signed Program Debut Metropolitan 1959 [FILM] Theatre de la MonnaieProgram for the debut of the star Swedish soprano at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on December 18th, 1959, in a performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, signed by her on the program page. Cast included tenor Ramon Vinay as Tristan, Irene Dalis as Bragane, Jerome Hines as King Marke, under the baton of Karl Bhm. Size is 8 x 10. 9 inches, 40 pages + covers, in very good condition.